After I snatched the phone from him, he looked restless. The fact that he had a phone this time but was acting like he was helplessly befuddled my mind. He was neither attempting to flee nor performing well. So I wondered what he was planning to do."Phoenix," he jumped to his feet, ready to fight for his phone."Wait! Wait!" Before he could even approach me, I held my hand out for him with his phone in it and said, "Take it." I offered him his phone back because he had a password on it and had also turned off his Wi-Fi and put his phone in airplane mode.I should have known he had prepared himself for any kind of situation."Thank you so much," he gritted his teeth and grabbed his phone back, looking annoyed with me. It was only after he checked his phone that he realized why I had even given it back to him."I’m leaving," I announced. Staying here was not an option for me. My sister was out there at the mercy of her sick and twisted father. She needed me, and I would do anything to
I had lost my tongue and motivation enough to even want to get out of there for a few minutes until Jace’s voice woke me up from the trance state."So, you lied to me? You faked those tears when you said you wanted to call your sister?" Jace, once cutting the call without uttering a word, growled at me. He had no idea what I went through in these two minutes, but it couldn’t necessarily mean they were fucking. But Jace said he doesn’t have a meeting. Anyway, when I get back to my place, I’ll talk to him myself."Phoenix, why did you call Xavier? Why him?" he asked again. I shook my head to return to reality and saw Jace staring at me."Because I want to go back home," I yelled in annoyance. Of course, what did he think I was enjoying here?"You cannot keep me here. It’s not like I wanted to run away with you. You kidnapped me!" I yelled in frustration. Now that I had a lot of questions in my head, I was even angrier"So, you thought you could give him a call? He will come for rescue a
"It is a bear," he whispered again. His eyes were stuck ahead, and his body was ready to take action. I kept on nervously playing with his fingers, my eyes on the target and my body ready, ready to faint."Now, we do what?" I murmured in my mouth, my heart jumping up and down from my throat to my stomach."Do you realize I'm not a freaking Hulk?" He was annoyed as he swirled around to gaze at me. I stared back with a straight face, feeling annoyed."KFC needs to use you. Trust me, they would never get such a big chicken ever again." I spat in rage, although my whole body was shivering, even that didn’t stop me from spitting anger at him. I knew he was not a hulk, but he was the one who got us into this trouble. The least he could do is protect me."And the bear really needs some meat right now. How about we feed you to him?" He arrogantly hissed at me.For the next minute, we both stared at the target. And then it suddenly showed up. I screamed, closing my eyes."Eat him, please!" I s
To my surprise, I found Jace in Xavier’s office."What the hell are you doing?" I stared at him in shock. I can’t believe he was actually going through Xavier’s stuff."Umm-- nothing. You---go---rest." He stammered, not looking at me. He waved his hand to dismiss me, but no, he can’t be serious."Jace, that’s rude. You can’t just peek through his stuff." I rushed on him, closing the drawer that he had opened and pushing him away."What’s your problem, Phoenix? Just go to your room." His rage shocked me, and his eyes scared me."No!" I yelled back, slapping his hand away as he attempted to open the drawer again. He had messed up the entire office completely. I don’t know what was wrong with him, but he was acting crazy."Look, just go." His warning was serious. What the hell was he even up to? He noticed how I was looking at him, so he took a deep breath and forced a very fake smile on his lips to dismiss me. I could be lying if I said maybe that was the reason Xavier always took him a
I spent the rest of the time wondering why Xavier had even taken her with him to this meeting. He knew what she had in her heart for him, and above all, taking her to the restaurant was too much. It was as if he was leading her on. I had been lying there, busy thinking about Xavier and Miranda when my cellphone beeped. Staring at the screen, I frowned. Xavier: You up?I first thought not to respond to him, but then I couldn’t help. I had been missing him a lot, and not responding to him would make me stay awake the whole night. Me: Nope! I gave myself many excuses, and the only reasonable one was that maybe a boss wanted to treat his secretary. Although it sounded bad, knowing the history they have. Not exactly a history, but Miranda’s feelings for him were the reason behind my discomfort. Xavier: Aren’t you sleepy yet? Me: Why do you want me to sleep?Xavier: I don’t. I didn’t say that at all.Me: Yeah, right?Xavier: It seems like someone is in a bad mood. Me: seems like someo
There was no reason for me to stay in his mansion anymore. I was heartbroken, and my mind kept regretting the moment I denied leaving town with Jace, but then again, it was the right decision, since neither of them was better than the other. "I should leave the place, but to do so in the right way would be good," I muttered under my breath. Now that he had messed me up, I was finally going to leave, and I’m sure he wouldn’t mind. I decided to confront him before his departure to confront him about his lies. Also, I should ask him about him and Miranda. I knew there was something going on between them, but I needed to know if he really had sex with her when he texted me that he missed me.Strangely, I didn’t get to see him the whole day. Usually, he would come to the mansion for a nap or just to see me, or at least that’s what he has told me so far, but it was different this time. Surprisingly, I craved to see his face."What have you done to me? If you didn’t mean anything you said
"No! You couldn’t even wait," I muttered, feeling hurt that he put me through so much just because he couldn’t wait. "I love you, Phoenix," he whispered, stepping closer and pulling me in another hug, placing his chin on my head. "I hate you," I mumbled back while I had my face resting on his chest. I didn’t fight to get out of his embrace this time. The previous few days had been very difficult for me, so I was glad it was all over. However, his chuckle made me frown. "You don’t," he said through a laugh and quickly tripped me on the bed."Ouch," I yelled, "get off me." I tried to push him off of me, which was annoying, but damn, he was strong. He pinned me under him and stared into my eyes. "Make me." A smile brightened his eyes. I wanted to be upset, mad, and hateful towards him for hurting me, but maybe that’s how love is—that you just forgive as soon as you look them in the eyes. "Don’t eve-" he didn’t let me finish. "I will never hurt you again." He lowered his face and ki
The oldies gazed at me as I embarrassed myself. Why does she have to get in the way of my every move? I remember the first time we met on the road, and she offered me a ride. She was so sweet and helpful."Where is he?" the old man, who looked very pissed now, asked Miranda, annoyingly."Sir, I’m so sorry; it looks like Mayor isn’t feeling well. He is sleeping." She played with her fingers and made that constipated face to gain sympathy."What? he is sick?" I stepped forward and demanded that she look me in the eye."Yes!" She didn’t even look at me and mumbled while turning her back to me and facing them, "Maybe you guys should delay the meeting. As soon as he wakes up, I’ll let you guys know." She claimed.I got it. He wasn’t ill; he was just being lazy."No wait. Nobody is going anywhere. The meeting will be held at its assigned time." I declared. They all stared at me with a face that was yelling, *And who the hell are you, lady?*"Phoenix, you stay out of it." Miranda approached
"Are you guys okay? Did he hurt any of you?" Xavier’s voice was so calm for me. Maddox wanted to hug his father. I was craving it too, but Jace was only triggered now. "Daddy, I don’t like my uncle," Maddox said in a broken voice. A tear of fear slowly rolled down his cheek. "You scared my son," Xavier said, his eyes stuck on Maddox when he mumbled, slowly playing with his cuff-links. ‘’We can sort it out please,’’ I was not in danger of losing anyone. ‘’Let him decide that,’’ Jace smiled, looking at Xavier but this time Jace wasn’t so calm as well. "You have one choice, cousin, either save your beloved wife or your minion son," Jace said, pointing his gun at both of us one by one. "Resist, and both of them die," he added."Xavier, please save him," I mumbled, turning to look into his eyes from a distance. ‘’And let you die? Never,’’ he uttered in his mouth, his eyes on Jace. "C’mon, the clock is ticking, bro. Make up your mind,’’ Jace voiced, ‘’choose one.’’ "Xavier, please
My heart was racing inside my chest. I have more to worry about now. It wasn’t only I in the room but my son, my life: Maddox. I slowly turned my body around, shivering at the thought of seeing him again after so long. ‘’Ah! It almost felt like a decade," his voice has turned heavy, his messy beard and long hair were showing that he never aimed to start over and waited for this moment his entire life. To hold on to revenge for that long, I must say he has no other ambitions for himself."Jace!" I announced, looking at the gun being pointed at me."Oh! You still remember my name?" He mocked me, clicking his tongue and shaking his head in disapproval."Why are you here?" I asked in panic, gulping as he reached for Maddox."Let him go," I said, looking in the direction of my son, whom Jace was holding by his tiny arm. Even the thought of him hurting my son was killing me. I wished he had been caught long ago. Just when I was finally happy in my life, he had to come ruin it for me.‘’Di
We were in Paris for the past two days. It was amazing, and the boys were having a lot of fun together."Dad, why did you marry my mother?" Maddox mumbled, trying to reach for an ice-cream as we three sat on the table in a restaurant. "Your mother," Xavier whispered, bowing in Maddox’s ear, "completes me. She makes me laugh, forces me into doing the right thing, fights with me to do things her way, and you know what’s the best part? I actually listen to her. I end up doing whatever she says," Xavier’s eyes were at me, his beautiful hawk eyes digging holes in mine. ‘’Why?’’ Maddox was not the type to quit asking questions, even for once. He was a very talkative soul.Because I love her. And when you love someone, you just do everything to make them happy. Making her happy makes me happy," He slowly blinked his eyes, reminding me of the time when I first saw him. I vividly remember the first day I saw him. And whenever he forced me to do something, I ended up forcing him to do it my w
"I can’t move," I laid in my bed, holding a book in my lap, and resting my head on the soft pillow. I looked at Xavier from the corner of my eyes. He was staring at me blankly. ‘’what?’’ I annoyingly spoke. ‘’You need to eat something,’’ He put his hands on his waist like a baby and mumbled. I was not starving myself, but every time he forced me to eat something, I felt wonderful. It was just that the morning sickness was too much for me.‘’Really? I didn’t know that," I tried to hold back my laugh and buried my head back in the book. ‘’You are starving my baby,’’ he pointed his finger at my belly and rolled his eyes."So you don’t care about me, just about your baby?" I was being a little annoying. I was arguing about everything; it’s not like I haven’t done that before, but yeah! I was four months pregnant and extremely moody."No," he replied bluntly, and then a smile appeared on his lips, "Okay! jokes apart, get up and eat something," he ordered, narrowing his beautiful eyes my
"This is so unfair," I broke down in tears instantly. Zoe deserved justice, even though Derrell got his punishment, but I wanted the extreme limits of torture for him."I’m coming home, Phoenix; please, calm yourself down," his voice was so calming to my ears at that moment that I looked at him and he looked uneasy."It’s okay. Don’t rush, I’ll be fine," I said, wiping away my tears with the back of my hand. I had to be prepared to talk to him about stuff, and I've got news for him as well. At the moment, I had a feeling that he knew I had seen everything.I took a shower and changed into a tight, white, knee-length dress. After hearing about my pregnancy, so much had changed in me. I was getting over disasters pretty quickly.I waited for Xavier while watching TV. I don’t know but suddenly the hopeless life was full of meanings and charms.I saw Xavier coming with the guards. His sight was shooting into my eyes. But he didn’t look pleased."Why didn’t you call me instantly?" He voice
Phoenix’s POV:I watched the person crawl in my direction, but my heart was pounding with every little detail of this person.It was Morgan, my uncle Morgan. He crawled like a dog near me, his eyes were sewed shut and so were his lips from the sides only. His fingers were cut, and his body was naked with just shorts on. He had no hair; his eyebrows were shaved, as was his head. He somehow knew it was me. The pain was visible on his face. My eyes jumped out of their sockets at the sight before them. He kept coming towards me, and the state of shock was so intense that I couldn’t move.I had no idea when he crawled over me. I was still sitting, but his whole existence was so terrible. Suddenly, Hardie left Jace on the ground and ran in my direction. I screamed, looking away and hugging myself. It was horrible. Hardie approached and grabbed Morgan by his collar. He had a collar on. Hardie punched him in the back and pulled him inside the room, locking him quickly. I was still yelping and
Jace’s POV: A Few Hours Ago:"I don’t understand what Phoenix is up to," I was walking around restlessly, wondering what exactly was Phoenix planning to do now.I was waiting for her in the hallway after dinner, as I knew this was the only place where I could have a word with her. Once she goes into her room, she will not come out till morning.Some things were making me wonder if I was even doing the right thing by trusting her.As soon as I spotted her walking towards the room, I blocked her way to have a word with her."Jace! What are you doing?" She motioned for me to step aside."I'm here to get some answers from you," I stated anxiously. I swear I heard moans coming from their room several times."I don’t have time for this. We will talk some other time," she tried excusing, but I didn’t budge."No! I need to know what is going on. You said you didn’t want to be with him, then why are you marrying him?" I hissed at her, trying to keep my calm, but it was becoming impossible in t
That was pretty much a clue for me to check that room. But it was closed. I tried opening it or even pushing it, but it didn’t do anything. I looked at the code and thought to try it, but what if I tried it and it turned out to be wrong and an alarm blared in? I kept looking at it; I have to look at what was inside it. Taking a few steps further, I saw a room with *Sec* written over it. What if sec actually means se*? It could be second, or, wait, it's got to be security. Now all the rooms were locked to keep something from escaping, but this one was opened. I helped myself in. The biggest surprise that I got was that there were computers showing some footage. I was shocked when I saw there were cameras everywhere in his town, and this was the place where he used to watch everything. "That’s how he used to know what was happening around?" I was surprised but also intrigued.I sat on the chair and looked at the cameras. There was no footage from inside anyone’s house, so that meant th
"What are you looking at?" Xavier asked, watching me stare at the sky while we lay on the mattress on the rooftop."This will be our star," I giggled, drunk."You have drink too much, my love," He shifted his side toward me and planted a kiss on my shoulders."You make me happy," I babbled, laughing and kissing his hand, holding it to my chest."We both are each other’s paradise," he uttered, kissing my earlobe and making me giggle. "I love you, Xavier," I whispered happily."Maddox," he looked at the sky and mumbled out of the blue. I was the one drunk, but his words made me wonder if he was also wasted."What?" I asked. This time, I had my face turned toward him."I’ll name my first child Maddox, Maddox Charming," he said, a wide smile on his face. He tangled his fingers in mine and held my hand tightly. I was glad inside. Talking about children meant our relationship was growing. ‘’What if it is a girl?’’ I turned my face to him and watched him with love. He was looking at the st